He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

The first time I saw her, Everything in my head went quiet.

Steel screams when it's forged, it gasps when it's quenched. It creaks when it goes under load. I think even steel is scared, son.

Nothing like being in a dream, then waking up to a nightmare.

There is a night school where you shall meet great teachers: The sky! When the night falls, the shining stars in the school will teach you how small you are and how comical to own an ego!

No one is expected to achieve the impossible.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a comforting thought

Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight or flight thing.

God never does anything accidentally.

Get yourself in that extreme state of being next to madness. You should always write with an erection. Even if you're a woman.